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sentences that state something as happening or true
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Have you embraced or rejected AI?
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you → embrace → AI
We recently asked three AI experts if the idea that "if you don't use AI, you'll be left behind" was true, and found there is a difference between not using, and ignoring, the technology.
Keen to hear more, we invited readers who are avoiding AI to write in a share why.
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who → ask → share
As a university student, generative AI is all around me and is used by students and staff alike.
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AI → use → students
I refuse to engage in any use of generative AI, or optional AI.
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I → refuse → AI
I use browser extensions to block Google's AI summary.
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I → use → summary
I turn off AI in any program I use.
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I → turn → program
I do not engage with programs like ChatGPT and Claude.
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I → engage → ChatGPT
And I actively avoid and block any social media content that uses AI.
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that → avoid → AI
Society is obsessed with accelerationism without [defining] what exactly we are rushing towards.
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we → obsess → what
I fear that AI is not the answer to our problems and will only make the solutions even more difficult to reach.
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solutions → fear → problems
AI terrifies me.
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AI → terrify → me
We had enough trouble knowing what was real, what was true before this, what hope have we got now?
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we → have → hope
I work for a company that went from "Do not use AI under any circumstances" to "Use AI for everything" in the blink of an eye.
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that → work → eye
I am greatly concerned about the environmental impacts of AI and have decided to be a conscientious objector on that issue alone.
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I → decide → issue
I have openly declared my refusal to go out of my way to use AI at work (yes, I know it can't be completely avoided) and have been told by local IT that "I will be left behind".
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I → declare → IT
I am also concerned that people will gradually lose the ability to think for themselves on a broad scale.
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people → lose → scale
How many of us remember multiple phone numbers anymore?
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many → remember → numbers
Sadly, I know there won't be any satisfaction in being able to say, "I told you so."
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I → know → you
I developed an ability to read a street map, way before AI or Google came on the scene.
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AI → develop → scene
I would imprint this map into my brain and then drive the route as outlaid and with accordance to my experience.
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I → imprint → experience
Surprisingly, there were times when I used Google Maps for a bit of fun and indeed, it showed me a better way.
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it → be → way
Here's the thing; I used it once to get to an unfamiliar place, then did the drive again without its help and promptly took the wrong exit.
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I → use → exit
This shows exactly [what I think is] the biggest error in learning via AI: you don't learn, you simply follow instructions.
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you → show → instructions
I probably do use a lot of tech under [the banner of] "AI" but in terms of large language model chatbots and agents and the whole hype of it, I want it to stop.
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it → use → it
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to share their thoughts with us.
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who → write → us
Some comments have been edited for clarity and brevity.
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comments → edit → clarity
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